A £300,000 cliff top home in Torquay may be demolished after a landslide during the worst of last week's weather.

Building experts are surveying the stability of the property in St Lukes Road North after part of the garden fell more than 12 metres into the property below in Warren Road.

The landslide has undermined the path surrounding the property and demolition experts with a crane removed part of a boundary wall left suspended in mid air when the earth below it fell away at 5.15am on Friday.

Owner Julian Herring said he is in talks with his own insurers and structural engineers to decide the next step.

The future of the house is yet to be decided.

He said: "That's the million dollar question. I didn't know what shock was until now, I have just been walking around staring into space.

"It is hard to believe. We had just got the house as we wanted it inside and I was only clearing in the garden the Sunday before. Now it has gone."

Leandra Palmer, her 14-year old daughter Jasmine and 19-month old Joshua, who live in Warren Road, were awoken by the thud of rocks falling near the property directly beneath the cliff.

Leandra said: "My daughter came rushing in saying it's a meteor shower, it's the end of the world."

The family are among residents who are still being told to stay away from the property until it is deemed safe to return.